At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, with three club teams of seven players each.[1] A German team tried to enter, but its entry was refused because their players did not play for the same club.[2]
Men's water polo at the Games of the III Olympiad | ||||||||||
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![]() Water polo game during 1904 Summer Olympics. | ||||||||||
Venue | U.S. Life Saving Exhibit Lake | |||||||||
Date | September 5 (semifinal) September 6 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 21 from 1 nation | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The event took place in a pond in Forest Park, the location of both the Olympics and the World's Fair.[3] Four of the Olympians died of typhus soon after the competition, possibly from a common outbreak of that disease.[2]
Previously, the International Olympic Committee and International Swimming Federation (FINA) considered the water polo event at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration sport.[1] However, in July 2021, after accepting the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon, the IOC recognized water polo along with several others as an official sport of the 1904 Olympic program.[4]
Medal summary
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Water Polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Water Polo at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "St. Louis 1904 Water Polo Men Results". IOC. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
Sources
edit- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1904 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)